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RE: apply-template doesn't hit template

Subject: RE: apply-template doesn't hit template
From: "Michael Kay" <mhk@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 14:33:14 +0100
xsl apply template
Sometimes when you can't find a bug, it's because you're looking in the
wrong place. 

What makes you so sure your bug isn't in the bits of code you haven't shown
us?

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frans Englich [mailto:frans.englich@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 13 September 2004 13:59
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  apply-template doesn't hit template
> 
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> I have an embarrassing simple apply-templates/template 
> problem. Here's my 
> source document:
> 
> <kcmtests>
> 
> <kcm kcfg="true" [...]>
> [...]
> </kcm>
> 
> <kcm kcfg="false" [...]>
> [...]
> </kcm>
> 
> <kcm kcfg="false" [...]>
> [...]
> </kcm>
> 
> </kcmtests>
> 
> There's 21 kcm elements, all of them have "kcfg='true'".
> 
> <xsl:template select="kcm">
> 	<xsl:message>template hits</xsl:message>
> 	<!-- This message is never seen -->
> </xsl:template>
> 
> <xsl:template match="/">
> 	<xsl:apply-templates select="//kcm[@kcfg='true']"/>
> 	<xsl:message>
> 		<xsl:value-of select="count(//kcm[@kcfg='true'])"/>
> 		<!-- This reports 0, which is correct -->
> 	</xsl:message>
> 
> 	<xsl:apply-templates select="//kcm[@kcfg='false']"/>
> 	<xsl:message>
> 		<xsl:value-of select="count(//kcm[@kcfg='false'])"/>
> 		<!-- This reports 21, which is correct -->
> 	</xsl:message>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> 
> What I want to achieve is to in one place select entries(the 
> root template), 
> and then with the first template format them for 
> representation -- but it 
> doesn't hit. Instead, the selected items(the 21 kcm) is 
> printed right out in 
> the output(their content, no elements).
> 
> I have two questions:
> 
> 1. Why doesn't the template hit?
> 
> 2. Why are the content simply sent to the output? Is it 
> because I selected 
> them, but no template matched?
> 
> The above XSL is that simple, I've commented out everything 
> else for testing 
> purposes.
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> 			Frans

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